The Podcast version of Discernable®
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We start on Baudrillard, hyperreality and Happy Days' The Fonz, then move into failing Australian politics, and finally we get to the real subject: artificial intelligence and the crisis of meaning. The future is coming at us fast, and we wonder what role will remain for humans.
So many bad things have happened to me lately. From an unexpected medical diagnosis to a roof collapsing beneath me.Bad things are happening to you as well with fuel, food and rent/mortgage prices spiraling out of control. And it looks like the pain is only just beginning.So how can I say 'It's a Good Day'?I think the day was 'good' before we arrived into it. And when bad things happen, that…
It's deliberate. Strategic. Politicians have a strong self-preservation instinct and the best way to deflect criticism is to divide the population and turn them against each other.That is exactly what Australia's Prime Minister is doing over the fuel crisis, blaming it on everyday families who are 'hoarding' fuel.This is how he does it: set up a false binary and invite viewers to self identify…
Dr. Peter Brukner is one of Australia's most decorated sports medicine physicians. He is former head of medical and performance at Liverpool FC, team doctor for Cricket Australia, Cathy Freeman's doctor at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and now one of the most credible voices in the low-carb and diabetes reversal space. In 2012, at 60 years old and working in Liverpool, Brukner had a fatty liver, high…
Jackie Bollen is a physiotherapist and brain balance clinician based in Wodonga, Australia. She runs Reflecting Health, a holistic allied health clinic offering physio, speech therapy, and occupational therapy, with a particular focus on neurodiverse populations and root-cause health. In this conversation we go deep on internal work, hemispheric brain dominance, primitive reflex retention, why…
Rupert Degas is a professional actor, voice artist and impressionist who has appeared in thousands of film, television, stage, animation and advertising roles. Without realising it, you have already heard his voice in a film, animation, tv show or video game. He is a vocal chameleon. In this interview he makes the argument for the 'court jester' - the only one permitted to tell the king that he is…
Dr Brendan Moloney believes that parallel movements 'are inevitable' as governments and institutions fail the people they are meant to serve.
Voice for Victoria's Emily returns to Discernable to teach us why promises of 'free stuff' keeps winning elections, why it won't work long term, how to solve Victoria's spiking crime crisis, and how we should think about immigration, assimilation, and multiculturalism. Plus, machetes.
Which way, Australia? Socialist ideas are taking hold in Australia as young people retaliate against a system they feel doesn't support them, and whether deliberately or by stealth, the momentum to rewrite the social contract is rising. This is the debate between two leaders in political thought: Jordan Dittloff (Libertarian) and Daniel Lopez (lecturer, editor at Jacobin, organiser for the…
Adam Craig is a barrister from Victoria, Australia. Growing up in a Labor voting family, he was quickly disabused of that notion when he worked in Canberra for the Australian Federal Government. Adam now believes that Australia should be 'broken up' into a competing set of jurisdictions, and that tax in Australia is out of control, wielded by a government that can do nothing properly. This…
